The Day in Pictures

BEFORE TOUCHDOWN: A Vietnam Airlines aircraft prepares for landing at Noi Bai international Airport in Hanoi on January 3, Reuters/UNI

SHAKING HANDS ACROSS AEONS: A hatchling Protoceratops andrewsi fossil from the Gobi Desert in Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. A study has found that incubation of dinosour eggs took three to six months which is typical of reptiles and unlike birds, UNI

WHAT REMAINS: A woman throws water over her burned house on a hill. More than 100 homes were gutted in a forest fire in Valparaiso, Chile, on January 2, Reuters/UNI

MEETING OF MINDS? Prime Minister Narendra Modi flanked by governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, ESL Narasimhan, and the CM of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu, at the 104th Indian Science Congress at Tirupati, UNI

SHOCK FEAT: Australia’s David Warner celebrates after reaching his century during the Third Test between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground, Reuters/UNI

HERD INSTINCT: Muslim protesters shout slogans during a rally outside a court at the blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, Reuters/UNI

MOMENTS OF PEACE: Homeless children covered in a blanket sleep on a sidewalk in Mumbai, India, January 3, Reuters/UNI

WATCH US JOUST: Men practise stick fighting in a public park on a winter morning in Kolkata, India, January 3, Reuters/UNI

HEALTH DRIVE: South Korean navy soldiers disinfect their surroundings in Changwon, South Korea, January 3, Reuters/UNI

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: A washerman washes clothes in the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 3, Reuters/UNI

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